Hawthorn Healing Arts Center’s Open House highlighting Women’s Wellness 

BEND, Ore. [KTVZ] -- Hawthorn Healing Arts Center opened its doors Tuesday night for a special community Open House, catering to women's wellness.    

Located on NW Louisiana Avenue in Bend, Hawthorn Healing Arts Center, welcomed attendees, who were treated to light refreshments and a complimentary 5‑minute wellness check.   

Guests also had the opportunity to ask questions during a live Q&A, with Nurse Practitioner Melissa Porras, whose specialty is menopause. 

Melissa spoke about the changes a woman's body experiences and the symptoms of menopause.    

“The typical symptoms that people know about our hot flashes, night sweats. But there's a lot more than just that. There's cognitive like brain fog. Your bone density actually decreases 10% over these ten years, potentially. Random things, frozen shoulder, fatigue, insomnia, depression. That's another thing, so your body's hormones are fluctuating and slowly decreasing.” 

Co-owner and Naturopathic Physician Joshua Phillips says, the vision of Hawthorn Healing Arts Center was created from the understanding that health, vitality and recovering from illness is a multi-faceted and sometimes complex process. 

We've also really positioned ourselves as a community hub and places where people can come for workshops and classes. We do have a retail space where we sell herbs and vitamins, and supplements. And the bulk of our patient population are folks that do live in the area and come in to us for ongoing care,” said Phillips. 

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